Setting Web Report Object Properties Using the Inspector Panel

You can update the properties of the web report objects in Web Report Studio using the Inspector panel. This topic describes how you can use all the properties.

For the properties specific to charts, see Chart Properties.

Keep in mind the following while browsing the properties:

Some properties or property values are available to some objects.
Some properties only show related information, and you cannot edit them.
Some properties are in different categories for different objects.
You can control some properties by a formula or expression. If you select a formula to control a property, Logi Report automatically generates an expression with the prefix @. Also, you must let Logi Report Engine know some properties before a page break, so that it can lay out the object. In a formula or expression, the special field PageNumber is the switch for setting the page break calculation time. If you use PageNumber in the formula or expression, then the calculation time will be after the page break, if you do not use PageNumber, the calculation time will be before the page break. For this reason, Logi Report will set the calculation time for controlling whether to mark the formula or expression as before page break or after page break. For most properties, you can control the property by formula or expression at any time without concern about the page break.

Property Name	Description
General Properties
Data Inherit	Server shows whether this object inherits the dataset from another object. This property is read only.
Display Name	Specify the display name of the object. Data type: String
Instance Name	Server shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Reference	Server shows the instance name of the field if the label is related to a field. This property is read only.
Geometry Properties
Autofit	Specify whether to automatically adjust the width of a vertical banded object or the height of a horizontal banded object according to the contents. Data type: Boolean
Height	Specify the height of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the height. Data type: Float
Width	Specify the width of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
X	Specify the horizontal coordinate of the upper-left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the position in inches. This property is not available when the object is in a crosstab or the Position property value is static. Data type: Float
Y	Specify the vertical coordinate of the upper-left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the position in inches. This property is not available when the object is in a crosstab or the Position property value is static. Data type: Float
Bottom Attach Pos X	Specify the horizontal coordinate of the bottom (or right when the line is horizontal) end point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel. If you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property works on the bottom end point after the exchange. Data type: Float
Bottom Attach Pos Y	Specify the vertical coordinate of the bottom (or right when the line is horizontal) end point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel. If you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property works on the bottom end point after the exchange. Data type: Float
Top Attach Pos X	Specify the horizontal coordinate of the top (or left when the line is horizontal) end point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel. If you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property works on the top end point after the exchange. Data type: Float
Top Attach Pos Y	Specify the vertical coordinate of the top (or left when the line is horizontal) end point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel. If you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property works on the top end point after the exchange. Data type: Float
Color Properties
Background	Specify the background color of the object. Select a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String Data type: String
Fill Type	Specify the fill pattern for the object. Color Select to fill with a specified color. Then, specify the Background property. More Effects Select to specify either a gradient or an image as the fill effect in the Fill Effects dialog box. Data type: Enumeration
Foreground	Specify the foreground color of the object. Select a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String Data type: String
Text Format Properties
Autofit	Select true if you want to expand the width and height of the object according to the contents. For performance concern, you should not set both Autofit and Word Wrap to true when the object is in a crosstab. For a table column, the Autofit property is in the Others category. Data type: Boolean
Reduce Width When Autofit	Select true if you want to reduce the width of the object according to its content when you specify to automatically adjust its width (the object's Autofit being true) and the actual width of the content is smaller than that of the object. This property takes effect when you set Position of the object to absolute; but, it does not work if the Word Wrap property of the object is true. Data type: Boolean
Auto Map Field Name	This property is available when the label is related to a field. Select true if you want to automatically map the label text to the dynamic display name of the field. Server will ignore the Text property. Data type: Boolean
Auto Scale in Number	Select true if you want to automatically scale the values that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges: When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Logi Report uses the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12). When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, Logi Report uses scientific notation to scale the values. The value auto means that the setting follows that of the parent data container. Data type: Boolean
Bold	Select true to make the text bold. Data type: Boolean
Font Face	Select the font of the text. Data type: Enumeration
Font Size	Specify the font size of the text. Type or select an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer
Format	Specify the format in which you want to display the text. It varies with data type, and you can manually define it. Data type: String For the BigDecimal data type, to avoid precision loss, you should type a prefix JRD when setting the Format property value. For the Number data type and when the Auto Scale in Number property value is true, the Format property applies to the integer part of the values after being scaled, but if the specified format conflicts with the Auto Scale in Number property, for example, the values display in percentage, then Server ignores the Auto Scale in Number property.
Format Locale	Specify the locale for displaying and formatting values of the object when its data type is locale sensitive, such as the date and time formats, and number and currency formats. Default is the locale of your JVM or the language of the NLS report. Choose an option from the drop-down list if you want to change the locale. When you use a formula or edit an expression to control the locale, the return value should be the two-letter language and country codes as defined by ISO-639 and ISO-3166 in the format language_country, for example, de_DE. Data type: String
Horizontal Alignment	Select the horizontal justification of the text in the object. Data type: Enumeration
Ignore HTML Tag	Specify whether to ignore the HTML tag elements in the text at runtime and in the HTML output. Select true if you don't want Logi Report Engine to parse the HTML tag elements so they display exactly as what they are. Select false if you want Logi Report Engine to transfer the HTML tag elements to the web browser so the web browser translates them into HTML. The Convert HTML Tag property has higher priority than Ignore HTML Tag. Data type: Boolean
Italic	Select true to make the text italic. Data type: Boolean
Strikethrough	Select true to add a strikethrough line to the text. Data type: Boolean
Text	Type the text of the label. Data type: String
Underline	Select true to underline the text. Data type: Boolean
Vertical Alignment	Select the vertical justification of the text in the object. Data type: Enumeration
Word Wrap	Select true to wrap the text to the object width. For performance concern, you should not set both Autofit and Word Wrap to true when the object is in a crosstab. Data type: Boolean
Border Properties
Border Color	Specify the color of the border of the object. Select a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String Data type: String
Border Thickness	Specify the width of the border in inches. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Bottom Line	Select the line style of the bottom border of the object. Data type: Enumeration
Left Line	Select the line style of the left border of the object. Data type: Enumeration
Right Line	Select the line style of the right border of the object. Data type: Enumeration
Top Line	Select the line style of the top border of the object. Data type: Enumeration
Padding Properties
Bottom Padding	Specify the space between the text and the bottom border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Left Padding	Specify the space between the text and the left border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Right Padding	Specify the space between the text and the right border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Top Padding	Specify the space between the text and the top border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Others Properties
Cache	Specify whether to cache the dataset for this object in the data buffer so other objects which use the same dataset can share the data rather than perform their own SQL query. Data type: Boolean
Cache Section	Select true to cache the objects in the detail panel. Data type: Boolean The property does not work if there is crosstab, text object, or chart in the panel, because these objects contain child-DBFields.
CellPaddingBottom	Specify the space between the text and the bottom border of the filter control. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
CellPaddingTop	Specify the space between the text and the top border of the filter control. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Cross Page	Select true if you want to split the panel across a page break when the panel exceeds the page height. Default is false. Server will display the panel in the next page, when the panel spans vertically beyond the page. This property applies only when you enable the page layout of the report, and if you run or export the report in the formats that support page layout, such as PDF and RTF. Data type: Boolean
Current Block Index	The two properties, Current Block Index and Items per Block, work together to control the data of the object to display in the continuous page mode. Use Current Block Index to specify the index of the data block you want to display. 0 means the first block index, 1 the second, and so on. Data type: Integer
Display Null	Specify the text you want to display if the field value is null. Data type: String
Enable Navigation	Specify whether to enable page navigation for a table, or enable scrollbars for a crosstab or banded object, when the parent container cannot fully display its data. By default the property value is true. You can further specify the height and width of the frame for holding the object, by setting the two properties Navigation Height and Navigation Width. If later you resize the object, Server will reset the two properties to use the resized values. If the table contains more than one page, a page navigation bar specific to the table will be available under it. You can use the bar to view the desired pages. Data type: Boolean
Expand Detail Data	Specify whether to expand the groups to show the details when you open the report in Web Report Studio. This property only works in the continuous page mode. Data type: Boolean
Export as Text	Enable this property if you want to export the parameter control as text. Otherwise, Logi Report will export the parameter control as an image. When you enable this property, depending on the properties of the parameter in the parameter control, Logi Report will export the parameter control as follows: Logi Report will export the selected values or text of the parameter as text while it will not export the icon or button for specifying the parameter value. If the parameter in the parameter control is of Boolean type, Logi Report displays it as a checkbox in the parameter control. Then when you select the checkbox, Logi Report will export it as , or as if you clear the checkbox. Data Type: Boolean
Export to CSV	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to CSV. Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to Excel. Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to HTML. Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to PDF. Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to PostScript. Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result	Specify whether to include the object when you open the report in Web Report Studio or in the Web Report Result. Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to RTF. Data type: Boolean
Export to Text	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to Text. Data type: Boolean
Export to XML	Specify whether to include the object when exporting the report to XML. Data type: Boolean
Field Type	Select another special field you want to substitute the current special field. Data type: Enumeration
Fill Whole Page	Select true to extend the row/panel to the bottom of the page, so that the next row/panel starts on a new page. Data type: Boolean
Horizontal Alignment	Select the horizontal justification of the contents in the object, or of the image in the container. Data type: Enumeration
Invisible	Select true to hide the object. Server will still perform all formulas and calculations. You can also use a formula to control this property. Data type: Boolean When you set both the Invisible and Suppress properties of an object to true, Suppress has the higher priority.
Items per Block	The two properties, Current Block Index and Items per Block, work together to control the data of the object to display in the continuous page mode. Use Item per Block to specify the number of records in each data block. Data type: Integer
Label	Specify the text you want Server to pop up when you hover over the left edge of the panel. Data type: String
Merge to Next Panel	Select true to merge the panel into the next panel in the Excel output. Data type: Boolean
Minimum Leaf Distance	Specify the minimum distance between two adjacent leaf nodes on the same level. For top-down and bottom-up layouts, it means horizontal distance. For left-right layout, it means vertical distance. Type a numeric value to specify the distance. Data type: Float
Minimum Level Distance	Specify the minimum distance between two adjacent levels. For top-down and bottom-up layouts, it means vertical distance. For left-right layout, it means horizontal distance. When running the report in the Web Report format, if the value of Minimum Level Distance is less than that of Line Thickness on org chart line, the latter will replace the former. Data type: Float
Navigation Height	Specify the height of the frame for holding the object. Type a numeric value to specify the height. If you don't provide a value here, Logi Report will calculate the frame height. This property takes effect when Enable Navigation is true. Data type: Float
Navigation Width	Specify the width of the frame for holding the object. Type a numeric value to specify the width. If you don't provide a value here, Logi Report will calculate the frame width. This property takes effect when Enable Navigation is true. Data type: Float
On New Page	Select true to display the row/panel on a new page. Default is false, and the row/panel starts on a new page only if the previous page is filled. This property applies only when you enable the page layout of the report, and if you run or export the report in the formats that support page layout, such as PDF and RTF. Data type: Boolean
Page Background	Specify the background color of the report page. Select a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String Data type: String
Position	Specify the position of the object. static Select if you want to position the object at the location where you inserted it. Server will hide or disable the X, Y, and other position-related properties. The preceding objects in the same container will affect the position of the object. absolute Select if you want to place the object at the position you specified by dragging or by setting its X and Y property values. Data type: Enumeration This property only affects objects in a container, which is the report body, a table cell, or a tabular cell.
Record Location	Specify the calculation point for the properties of the object which you control by formulas. Default Select if you want to calculate the values of the properties in the default location where they are. Page Header Select if you want to calculate the values of the properties in the page header. Page Footer Select if you want to calculate the values of the properties in the page footer. Data type: Enumeration
Remove Blank Row	Select true to remove blank rows in the panel in the Excel output. Data type: Boolean
Remove Extra Quotes from First Line	Select true to remove the quotation marks and commas from the first line of the report's Text and CSV outputs. Data type: Boolean
Repeat	Specify whether to display the group header on every page. For one detail panel which spans a large space vertically to display in several pages, Logi Report supports the Repeat property if you want to see the group header information in each page. When the Repeat property is true and group header is visible, Server duplicates the group header on every page. When a page split occurs in the bottom blank part of the detail panel (or margins in the detail panel) and the Cross Page property in the detail panel is true, the output is: repeated group header + a slice of blank detail panel + group footer. It appears as though only group footers without any detail panel follow the repeated group header. In order to solve this problem, you can resize the detail panel. If you set the Repeat property to true in both outer group header and inner group header, Logi Report treats the two group headers as a completely repeated object. If you set the outer and inner group headers to be one completely repeated object, then when the page can only hold the group headers or has no enough space for the group headers, Server does not duplicate both outer and inner group headers. Data type: Boolean
Repeat in Detail Panel	Select true to make the objects in the panel repeated in the detail panel in the Excel output. Data type: Boolean
Repeat on Pages	Specify whether to display the table header on every page of the report. Data type: Boolean
Shrink Footer	Specify whether to hide the group footer panel when collapsing a group. This property only works in the continuous page mode. Data type: Boolean
Split Overflow Columns	Select true to display a big table with many columns on multiple pages if one page cannot hold all the columns, instead of cutting the overflow columns off - the default behavior. When the property is true, the table object containing overflow columns on subsequent pages inherits the same Y value in its container, so that it keeps the same number of records as the table in the original page. However, Server resets its X value to 0 for both static and absolute positions, to show as many columns as possible. The height of each table row for overflow columns is the same as the corresponding row height in the original page. Data type: Boolean
Suppress	Select true if you want to hide the object in the report. Server will skip all formulas and calculations. If you see the formula button in the value box, you can also use a formula to control this property. Data type: Boolean When you set both the Invisible and Suppress properties of an object to true, Suppress has the higher priority.
Suppress Aggregate	This property is available to labels (excluding summary labels) in a crosstab. Select true to hide the Total row or column. Data type: Boolean
Suppress Blank Panel	Select true to hide the panel if it contains no data. Data type: Boolean
Suppress Object Space If Not Exported	Select true to suppress the space for holding the objects in the report output if you don't include them for exporting. Data type: Boolean
Suppress When Empty	Select true to hide the object in the report when it contains no contents. Data type: Boolean
Suppress When No Records	Select true to hide the object in the report when no records return to its parent data component. Data type: Boolean
Tile Detail Panel	Select true to tile records in the detail panel. For a vertical banded object, you can tile each set of records in the detail panel when viewing the report if you set this property to true and set the detail panel's width/height equal to or less than 1/2 that of the banded object. The detail panel width determines the width of each record tile. You will find this property is useful when you are making a mail-label format report. You can insert a blank banded object in a report, then in the Inspector panel, select the detail panel, and set the properties: Tile Detail Panel = true Width = *** (The width of the detail panel. You can set this value according to the width of one column.) Data type: Boolean When the banded object's Autofit property is true, Server always treats the Tile Detail Panel property as false at runtime.
Tile Horizontal	If you set the Tile Detail Panel property of the detail panel to true, you can further specify the direction for tiling records in the detail panel. true Select if you want to tile records first in the row direction and then in the column. false Select if you want to tile records first in the column direction and then in the row. Data type: Boolean
To Bottom	Select true to move the banded object footer panel to the bottom of the page. Default is false, which means that the banded object footer displays at the end of the banded object. Data type: Boolean
Underlay	Select true if you want to layer the panel beneath the next panel in the banded object. You can use a panel layered beneath a subsequent panel to contain a background picture or watermark. Data type: Boolean You cannot layer banded page header, page footer, or group footer panels beneath another panel.
Vertical Alignment	Select the vertical justification of the contents in the object, or of the image in the container. Data type: Enumeration
Alternating Line Color Properties
Direction	Specify whether the color defined by the Pattern List property will apply to the fields in the same rows or columns in the crosstab. This property takes effect when the Show property is true. Vertical Select if you want the Pattern List property value to take effect on the fields in the same columns, except for the total columns. Horizontal Select if you want the Pattern List property value to take effect on the fields in the same rows, except for the total rows. Data type: Enumeration
Include Header and Footer	When the property is false, alternating color only applies to the table detail rows. Select true if you want to also apply alternating color to the footer, group headers, and group footers of the table. All table rows except the table header will use alternating color. It takes effect when the Show property is true. Data type: Boolean
Pattern List	Specify the color patterns of the alternating color for the table rows. Select the ellipsis button in the value cell to specify the patterns in the Color List dialog box. This property takes effect when the Show property is true. Data type: String
Show	Specify whether to enable setting alternating line color for the crosstab, or for the table rows. Data type: Boolean The setting of the alternating line color function for crosstab can only take effect when all the aggregate fields in the crosstab have transparent background. Alternating color works as the background color and will overwrite the table rows' own background color. To make alternating color work in merged cells in group tables, you also need to set the background color of the merged cells to that of the alternating color.
Crosstab Property
Column Totals on Left	Select true to display the Total columns on the left of the aggregates. Data type: Boolean
Row Totals on Top	Select true to display the Total rows on the top of the aggregates. Data type: Boolean
Suppress Column Header	Select true to suppress the column header of the crosstab. Data type: Boolean
Suppress Row Header	Select true to suppress the row header of the crosstab. Data type: Boolean
Excel Properties
Columned	Select true if you want to improve the engine performance when exporting the report to CSV and Excel. Right after you set the Columned property to true from false each time, Logi Report will recalculate the values of the other Excel properties of the line objects in the report and reset the values to the defaults: Top Attach Column, Top Attach Row, Bottom Attach Column, and Bottom Attach Row. Server calculates the default values based on the position of each line object in the report. There is an exception: if both the Export to Excel and Export to CSV properties of a line object are false, Server will not recalculate the values of these properties and will preserve them as before. When you set the Columned property to true: Server uses the columned method to export the report to Excel when you select Column Format in the export dialog box. You can specify values for the Excel properties mentioned earlier of line objects instead of using the default, to well-align the line objects in the Excel output. When the property is false, the specified values for the preceding Excel properties of the line objects in the report do not apply when you export the report to CSV or Excel. Data type: Boolean
Column Index	Specify the X coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs of the report, measured in cells. This property takes effect only when the Columned property of the web report is "true" and Position of the object is not "static". Data type: Integer
Row Index	Specify the Y coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs of the report, measured in cells. This property takes effect only when the Columned property of the web report is "true" and Position of the object is not "static". Data type: Integer
Bottom Attach Column	Specify the X coordinate of the lower right corner of the object in the Excel output file, measured in cells. Data type: Float
Bottom Attach Row	Specify the Y coordinate of the lower right corner of the object in the Excel output file, measured in cells. Data type: Float
Top Attach Column	Specify the X coordinate of the upper-left corner of the object in the Excel output file, measured in cells. Data type: Float
Top Attach Row	Specify the Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the object in the Excel output file, measured in cells. Data type: Float
Group Layout Properties
Keep Group Together	Select true to keep the whole group together. Data type: Boolean
Repeat While Group Footer	Select true if you want to repeat the group header when a page break occurs on the group footer, after you set the group header to be repeated. Data type: Boolean
Image Property
Alternate Text	Specify the text that will display instead if Server cannot display the image. Data type: String
Disabled	Select true to disable the actions on the image. Data type: Boolean
Image Name	Specify the file name of the image. The image can be one on your local file system or retrieved using a URL. Data type: String
Maximum Scaling Ratio	Specify the maximum ratio up to which you can scale the image. By default, the scaling ratio of the image is not limited. If you set the ratio to any value greater than 0, the actual scaling ratio is less than or equal to it. Data type: Float
Name	Specify the name of the image. Data type: String
Rotation	Specify the angle at which you want to rotate the image, in degrees. The following is the meaning of different values: 0 means no rotation. A positive value means to rotate the image clockwise. A negative value means to rotate the image anticlockwise. Data type: Float
Scaling Mode	actual size Select to show the image in its actual size. If the display area is smaller than the image, Server hides part of the image. fit image Select if you want the image to fill the display area and keep the original perspective ratio under the limitation of Max Ratio. fit width Select if you want the image to fit the display area width under the limitation of Max Ratio. fit height Select if you want the image to fit the display area height, under the limitation of Max Ratio. customize Select if you want to specify the width and height of the image in the size fields. When you select fit height, fit image, or fit width, the image scales under the limitation of Maximum Scaling Ratio. Data type: Enumeration
Title	Specify the tip information about the image, which will display when you hover over the image in the Web Report result. Data type: String
Line Property
Enable Bottom Arrow	Specify whether to use an arrow as the bottom (or right when the line is horizontal) end of the line. If you exchange the top and bottom ends, this property works on the bottom end after the exchange. Data type: Boolean
Enable Top Arrow	Specify whether to use an arrow as the top (or left when the line is horizontal) end of the line. If you exchange the top and bottom ends, this property works on the top end after the exchange. Data type: Boolean
Line Color	Specify the color of the line. Select a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String Data type: String
Line Style	Select the style of the line. Data type: Enumeration
Line Thickness	Specify the thickness of the line. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Object Settings Properties
Archive	Specify the character string that you can use to implement your own archive functionality for the object. Data type: String
Class ID	Specify the class identifier of the object. Data type: String
Code Base	Specify the base path you use to resolve relative URI specified by the Class ID and Archive properties. When null, its default value is the base URI of the current report. Data type: String
Value Type	Specify the MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) type of the object. Data type: String
Paper Properties
Height	Specify the height of the page in inches or centimeters. The Width and Height values change when Orientation changes. The Page Type setting determines the Width and Height values, but you can change the latter as desired. Type a numeric value to change the height. Data type: Float
Height Autofit	Specify whether to dynamically calculate the page height according to the height of the contents within the page. Data type: Boolean
Orientation	Specify how to position the report page. The Orientation setting affects the Width and Height values. Portrait Select to position the page vertically. Landscape Select to position the page horizontally. Data type: Enumeration
Page Type	Specify the report page dimensions. Choose a size from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Width	Specify the width of the page in inches or centimeters. The Width and Height values change when Orientation changes. The Page Type setting determines the Width and Height values, but you can change the latter as desired. Type a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
Width Autofit	Specify whether to dynamically calculate the page width according to the width of the contents within the page. Data type: Boolean
Margin Properties
Bottom Margin	Specify the distance in inches or centimeters between the bottom page edge and the data area (the report for Banded Page Panel in a banded object). Type a numeric value to change the margin. Data type: Float
Left Margin	Specify the distance in inches or centimeters between the left page edge and the data area (the report for Banded Page Panel in a banded object). Type a numeric value to change the margin. Data type: Float
Right Margin	Specify the distance in inches or centimeters between the right page edge and the data area (the report for Banded Page Panel in a banded object). Type a numeric value to change the margin. Data type: Float
Top Margin	Specify the distance in inches or centimeters between the upper page edge and the data area (the report for Banded Page Panel in a banded object). Type a numeric value to change the margin. Data type: Float
Title Properties
Background	Specify the background color of the title bar. Select a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String Data type: String
Bold	Select true to make the text bold in the title bar. Data type: Boolean
Font Face	Select the font of the text in the title bar. Data type: Enumeration
Font Size	Specify the font size of the text in the title bar. Type or select an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer
Foreground	Specify the foreground color of the title bar. Select a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String Data type: String
Horizontal Alignment	Select the horizontal justification of the text in the title bar. Data type: Enumeration
Italic	Select true to make the text italic in the title bar. Data type: Boolean
Map Name	Specify whether you want to display the name of the field you added to the filter control as the title in the title bar. Data type: Boolean
Show Title	Specify whether to show the title bar. It is meaningful to set all the other properties in the Title category when this property value is true. Data type: Boolean
Text	Type the text you want to display in the title bar. For a filter control, you can edit this property only when you set Map Name to "false". Data type: String
Underline	Select true to underline the text in the title bar. Data type: Boolean

Merge to Next Panel, Repeat in Detail Panel, and Remove Blank Row

You can control panels of a banded object in the Excel output by setting the three properties:

Merge to Next Panel controls whether to merge current panel to the next panel. It applies to the banded header, banded page header, group header, and group footer panels.
Repeat in Detail Panel controls whether to repeat certain panel with the detail panel. It applies to the group header and banded page header panels.
Remove Blank Row controls whether to remove blank rows in the panel. It applies to the banded page header, group header, and detail panels.

The three properties take effect only when you set the Columned property of the web report to true. Server follows the operation order when the three properties work together: Merge to Next Panel > Repeat in Detail Panel > Remove Blank Row.

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Do not set Merge to Next Panel to true for the last group footer panel, because it will make the Excel output incorrect.
Do not set Merge to Next Panel to true for the panel that contains crosstabs or subreports.
When you specify to repeat a group header panel, if there is a chart in the panel, Server does not repeat the chart.
If a banded object contains more than one group-by fields, that is to say, it has several group header panels, when you specify to repeat the first group header panel in the detail panel, Server will repeat it in the second group header panel as well.

Bottom Attach Column, Bottom Attach Row, Top Attach Column, Top Attach Row

The four properties work together to control the position of a line in the Excel output file. They take effect when you set the Columned property of the web report to true.

The first pair of the properties (Top Attach Column, Top Attach Row) locates a cell and uses its upper left corner as the upper-left corner of the line, while the second pair (Bottom Attach Column, Bottom Attach Row) locates another cell and uses its upper left corner as the lower right corner of the line.

For example, if you set the properties for an oval as:

Top Attach Column: 1, Top Attach Row: 2, Bottom Attach Column: 3, Bottom Attach Row: 4

Then, the upper left cell will be A2 and the lower right cell will be C4.

Note icon The value you set for the Top Attach Column (Top Attach Row) property should be always larger than that for the Bottom Attach Column (Bottom Attach Row) property.

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If a table contains a merged cell that is across columns and there are absolutely positioned objects in the cell, when you exclude a column which is not the last column for this merged cell from the report output, Logi Report Engine recalculates the X coordinates of these objects that are in the excluded column and tries to display them in the output if space allows; however, this may result in that some objects get overlapped in their new position in the output.
Because one cell in Excel can only contain one value, if you exclude a table column from the Excel output, Logi Report Engine is not able to display the value of a data field which is originally in the excluded column in the Excel output if the new position of the field is in a cell that already contains a value, even when the field satisfies the conditions as described earlier.

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